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The appeal came just days after a judge ruled U.S. Rep. Nicole
Malliotakis' Staten Island and Brooklyn district was drawn in a
way that dilutes the power of its Black and Hispanic voters. The
judge ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission
to complete a new map by Feb. 6.
The case was filed by an election law firm aligned with the
Democratic Party. It came as part of a national gerrymandering
fight that started after President Donald Trump pushed to craft
new congressional districts in Republican-controlled states such
as Texas.
Republicans filed appeals to both a mid-level appeals court and
to the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeals, rejected congressional maps that had been
seen as helping Democrats and directed a court-appointed expert
to redraw districts. It then threw out those maps before the
2024 congressional elections. It was not immediately clear when
the Court of Appeals would take up the most recent case.
The state's current House districts were drawn by Democrats in
the state Legislature, after they rejected a proposal from the
state’s bipartisan redistricting commission. New York state is
currently represented in the House by 19 Democrats and 7
Republicans.
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